University of South Dakota Athletics

Annie Lockwood joined the Coyote softball program in the summer of 2016. She has rejoined Robert Wagner, the coach who helped lead her team to a national championship at Arizona State in 2011. Lockwood was an all-region outfielder for the Sun Devils from 2009-12. She served as head softball coach at Skyline High School in Mesa, Ariz., from 2013-15.

Lockwood was instrumental in helping the Coyotes to 22 wins in 2016, up from 15 the year prior. She raised the team's batting average by 45 points to .306, 29th-best in the nation, and the only Summit team to rank in the top 75. The eight returners to the squad raised their batting average by an average of 98 points from the previous season.
 
Lockwood hails from Phoenix, Ariz., and was a multi-sport letter winner at Paradise Valley High School. She committed to Arizona State where Wagner was the associate head coach and was a three-year starter for the Sun Devils. Lockwood competed in the NCAA tournament all four years, advanced to the Women’s College World Series three times, and was named to the WCWS All-Tournament Team when Arizona State won it all in 2011. Lockwood hit 42 home runs and had 175 RBIs during her collegiate career.
 
In addition to her on-field talents, Lockwood was named an academic all-American and an NFCA Scholar Athlete. She was also awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship..
 
In addition to coaching softball at Skyline High School, Lockwood served as a special education teacher at Skyline. She also volunteered as a coach at Arizona State during the 2015 and 2016 seasons and has been a personal hitting instructor since 2009.
 
Lockwood was named Arizona Big Schools Coach of the Year by the Arizona Republic in 2014. That same year, she began a two-year stint as an assistant coach for Firecrakers Softball Club and Hotshots for two years.
 
Lockwood earned her degree in special education from Arizona State in 2013. She earned her master's degree in sports coaching through Northern Colorado in 2017